1994 in tennis

This page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis in 1994. Primarily, it provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the ATP and WTA Tours, the Davis Cup, and the Fed Cup.

ITF

Australian Open

The 1994 Australian Open was the first major tournament of the year. It took place at Flinders Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 17 to 30 January.

CategoryChampion(s)Finalist(s)Score in the final
Men's singlesUnited States Pete Sampras United States Todd Martin7–6(7–4), 6–4, 6–4
Women's singlesGermany Steffi Graf Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario6–0, 6–2
Men's doublesNetherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Zimbabwe Byron Black
United States Jonathan Stark
6–7(3–7), 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
Women's doublesUnited States Gigi Fernández
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
United States Patty Fendick
United States Meredith McGrath
6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Mixed doublesLatvia Larisa Neiland
Russia Andrei Olhovskiy
Czech Republic Helena Suková
Australia Todd Woodbridge
7–5, 6–7(0–7), 6–2

French Open

The 1994 French Open played on clay courts took place at the clay courts of the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France from 23 May until 5 June.

CategoryChampion(s)Finalist(s)Score in the final
Men's singlesSpain Sergi Bruguera Spain Alberto Berasategui6–3, 7–5, 2–6, 6–1
Women's singlesSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario France Mary Pierce6–4, 6–4
Men's doublesZimbabwe Byron Black
United States Jonathan Stark
Sweden Jan Apell
Sweden Jonas Björkman
6–4, 7–6
Women's doublesUnited States Gigi Fernández
Belarus Natalia Zvereva
United States Lindsay Davenport
United States Lisa Raymond
6–2, 6–2
Mixed doublesNetherlands Kristie Boogert
Netherlands Menno Oosting
Latvia Larisa Savchenko-Neiland
Russia Andrei Olhovskiy
7–5, 3–6, 7–5

Wimbledon

The 1994 Wimbledon Championships, played on grass courts, took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, England, and were held from 20 June to 3 July.

CategoryChampion(s)Finalist(s) Score in the final
Men's singlesUnited States Pete Sampras Croatia Goran Ivanišević7–6 (7–2), 7–6 (7–5), 6–0
Women's singlesSpain Conchita Martínez United States Martina Navratilova6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Men's doublesAustralia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
Canada Grant Connell
United States Patrick Galbraith
7–6(7–3), 6–3, 6–1
Women's doublesUnited States Gigi Fernández
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
Czech Republic Jana Novotná
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
6–4, 6–1
Mixed doublesCzech Republic Helena Suková
Australia Todd Woodbridge
United States Lori McNeil
United States T. J. Middleton
3–6, 7–5, 6–3

US Open

The 1994 US Open was the last major of the year, played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City, United States. It was held from 29 August to 11 September.

CategoryChampion(s)Finalist(s) Score in the final
Men's singlesUnited States Andre Agassi Germany Michael Stich6–1, 7–6(7–5), 7–5
Women's singlesSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Germany Steffi Graf1–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4
Men's doublesNetherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Women's doublesCzech Republic Jana Novotná
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Bulgaria Katerina Maleeva
United States Robin White
6–3, 6–3
Mixed doublesSouth Africa Elna Reinach
United States Patrick Galbraith
Czech Republic Jana Novotná
Australia Todd Woodbridge
6–2, 6–4

Davis Cup

The 1994 Davis Cup was the 83rd edition of the year-long tournament between national teams in men's tennis.

Draw

1994 Davis Cup World Group draw
First round
25-27 March
Quarterfinals
15-17 July
Semifinals
23-25 September
Final
2-4 December
New Delhi, India (grass)
 United States5
Rotterdam, Netherlands (hard)
 India0
 United States3
Eindhoven, Netherlands (indoor carpet)
 Netherlands2
 Netherlands5
Gothenburg, Sweden (indoor carpet)
 Belgium0
 United States2
Lund, Sweden (indoor carpet)
 Sweden3
 Sweden5
Cannes, France (hard)
 Denmark0
 Sweden3
Besançon, France (indoor hard)
 France2
 France4
Moscow, Russia (indoor carpet)
 Hungary1
 Sweden4
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
 Russia1
 Israel1
Saint Petersburg, Russia (indoor carpet)
 Czech Republic4
 Czech Republic2
Saint Petersburg, Russia (indoor carpet)
 Russia3
 Russia4
Hamburg, Germany (hard)
 Australia1
 Russia4
Madrid, Spain (clay)
 Germany1
 Italy1
Halle, Germany (grass)
 Spain4
 Spain2
Graz, Austria (indoor clay)
 Germany3
 Austria2
 Germany3

Finals


Russia
1
Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia
2–4 December 1994
Carpet (indoors)

Sweden
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Russia
Sweden
Alexander Volkov
Stefan Edberg
4
6
2
6
77
62
6
0
6
8
 
2 Russia
Sweden
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Magnus Larsson
0
6
2
6
6
3
6
2
3
6
 
3 Russia
Sweden
Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Andrei Olhovskiy
Jan Apell / Jonas Björkman
77
65
2
6
3
6
6
1
6
8
 
4 Russia
Sweden
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Stefan Edberg
4
6
6
4
6
0
     
5 Russia
Sweden
Alexander Volkov
Magnus Larsson
65
77
4
6
       

Federation Cup

The 1994 Federation Cup was the 32nd edition of the most relevant competition between national teams in women's tennis.

Draw

1994 Federation Cup World Group draw
First Round
18–19 July
Second Round
20–21 July
Quarterfinals
22 July
Semifinals
23 July
Final
24 July
               
   Spain 3
Q  Chile 0
 
 
Q  Cuba 0
   Argentina 3
 
 
Q  Belgium 1
   Sweden 2
 
 
   China 1
   Japan 2
 
 
   Finland 1
Q  Slovakia 2
 
 
   Germany 3
   Colombia 0
 
 
   South Africa 3
Q  Paraguay 0
 
 
Q  Belarus 1
   Netherlands 2
 
 
   France 3
   South Korea 0
 
 
   Italy 2
   Denmark 1
 
 
Q  Chinese Taipei 1
   Indonesia 2
 
 
   Croatia 1
   Bulgaria 2
 
 
   United States 3
   Czech Republic
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Finals


Spain
3
Waldstadion T.C., Frankfurt, Germany
24 July 1994
Clay (outdoors)

United States
0
1 2 3
1 Spain
United States
Conchita Martínez
Mary Joe Fernández
6
2
6
2
   
2 Spain
United States
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Lindsay Davenport
6
2
6
1
   
3 Spain
United States
Conchita Martínez / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Gigi Fernández / Mary Joe Fernández
6
3
6
4
   

ATP Tour

ATP Tour World Championships

The 1994 ATP Tour World Championships was the year-end tournament, where the best eight players of the year competed in a round robin format. The singles championship took place at the Frankfurt Festhalle in Frankfurt, Germany, and the doubles tournament was played in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Singles final

Doubles final

Championship Series, Single Week events

The ATP Championship Series, Single Week events, precursors of the ATP Masters 1000, were the second in relevance after the Grand Slam tournaments.

TournamentWeekSingles winnerSingles finalistScoreDoubles winnersDoubles runners-upScore
Indian Wells February 28 United States Pete Sampras Czech Republic Petr Korda 4–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 Canada Grant Connell
United States Patrick Galbraith
Zimbabwe Byron Black
United States Jonathan Stark
7–5, 6–3
Key Biscayne March 7 United States Pete Sampras United States Andre Agassi 5–7, 6–3, 6–3 Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
The Bahamas Mark Knowles
United States Jared Palmer
7–6, 7–6
Monte Carlo April 18 Ukraine Andriy Medvedev Spain Sergi Bruguera 7–5, 6–1, 6–3 Sweden Nicklas Kulti
Sweden Magnus Larsson
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek
3–6, 7–6, 6–4
Hamburg May 2 Ukraine Andriy Medvedev Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Czech Republic David Rikl
South Africa Wayne Ferreira
Spain Javier Sánchez
6–1, 7–5
Rome May 9 United States Pete Sampras Germany Boris Becker 6–1, 6–2, 6–2 United States Scott Melville
South Africa Piet Norval
Sweden Henrik Holm
Sweden Anders Järryd
7–6, 6–3
Toronto July 25 United States Andre Agassi Australia Jason Stoltenberg 6–4, 6–4 Zimbabwe Byron Black
United States Jonathan Stark
United States Patrick McEnroe
United States Jared Palmer
7–6, 7–6
Cincinnati August 8 United States Michael Chang Sweden Stefan Edberg 6–2, 7–5 United States Alex O'Brien
Australia Sandon Stolle
South Africa Wayne Ferreira
Australia Mark Kratzmann
6–7, 6–3, 6–2
Stockholm October 24 Germany Boris Becker Croatia Goran Ivanišević 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 7–6(7–4) Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
Sweden Jan Apell
Sweden Jonas Björkman
6–3, 6–4
Paris October 31 United States Andre Agassi Switzerland Marc Rosset 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 7–5 Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Zimbabwe Byron Black
United States Jonathan Stark
3–6, 7–6, 7–5

WTA Tour

WTA Tour Championships

The 1994 WTA Tour Championships were held in New York, United States between November 14 and November 20. This was the year-end tournament, which was played by the top-eight women players.

Singles final

Doubles final

WTA Tier I Tournaments

The WTA Tier I Tournaments were next in importance to Grand Slam events.

TournamentSingles winnerSingles runner-upScoreDoubles winnersDoubles runners-upScore
TokyoGermany Steffi Graf United States Martina Navratilova 6–2, 6–4 United States Pam Shriver
Australia Elizabeth Smylie
Netherlands Manon Bollegraf
United States Martina Navratilova
6–3, 3–6, 7–6
Miami Germany Steffi Graf Belarus Natasha Zvereva 4–6, 6–1, 6–2 United States Gigi Fernández
Belarus Natalia Zvereva
United States Patty Fendick
United States Meredith McGrath
6–3, 6–1
Hilton Head Spain Conchita Martínez Belarus Natasha Zvereva 6–4, 6–0 United States Lori McNeil
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
United States Gigi Fernández
Belarus Natalia Zvereva
6–4, 4–1, ret.
Rome Spain Conchita Martínez United States Martina Navratilova 7–6(7–5), 6–4 United States Gigi Fernández
Belarus Natalia Zvereva
Argentina Gabriela Sabatini
Netherlands Brenda Schultz
6–1, 6–3
Berlin Germany Steffi Graf Netherlands Brenda Schultz 7–6(8–6), 6–4 United States Gigi Fernández
Belarus Natalia Zvereva
Czech Republic Jana Novotná
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
6–3, 7–6
MontrealSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Germany Steffi Graf 7–5, 1–6, 7–6(7–4) United States Meredith McGrath
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
United States Pam Shriver
Australia Elizabeth Smylie
7–5, 1–6, 7–6
Zurich Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva Belarus Natasha Zvereva 7–5, 3–6, 6–4 Netherlands Manon Bollegraf
United States Martina Navratilova
United States Patty Fendick
United States Meredith McGrath
7–6, 6–1
Philadelphia Germany Anke Huber France Mary Pierce 6–0, 6–7(4–7), 7–5 United States Gigi Fernández
Belarus Natalia Zvereva
Argentina Gabriela Sabatini
Netherlands Brenda Schultz
4–6, 6–4, 6–2

Year-end singles rankings

Sampras ended the season as World No.1 for the second consecutive time.
Top 10 ATP Year-end rankings
Name Nation
1Pete Sampras USA
2Andre Agassi USA
3Boris Becker GER
4Sergi Bruguera ESP
5Goran Ivanišević CRO
6Michael Chang USA
7Stefan Edberg SWE
8Alberto Berasategui ESP
9Michael Stich GER
10Todd Martin USA
Top 10 WTA Year-end rankings
Name Nation
1Steffi Graf GER
2Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ESP
3Conchita Martínez ESP
4Jana Novotná CZE
5Mary Pierce FRA
6Lindsay Davenport USA
7Gabriela Sabatini ARG
8Martina Navratilova USA
9Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN
10Natasha Zvereva BLR

International Tennis Hall of Fame

See also

References

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